Kysuca

The Kysuca () is a river in northern Slovakia. It is a right tributary to the Váh. The river gives name to the informal Kysuce region. It is long and its basin size is .

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River.name: Kysuca
River.image: Kysuca.jpg
River.image_caption: River Kysuca near Kysucké Nové Mesto after short summer storm
River.source1_location: Maple Mountains, near Makov (Žilina Region, Slovakia)
River.mouth_location: Váh in Žilina
River.length_km: 65.6
River.basin_size_km2: 1038

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Image: Kysuca.jpg
Length: 66.3

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Commons category: Kysuca
watershed area: 1053
discharge: 17.7

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The Kysuca () is a river in northern Slovakia. It is a right tributary to the Váh. The river gives name to the informal Kysuce region. It is long and its basin size is .

Its source is near the village of Makov. At first, the river flows in northeastern direction, where it flows around Javorníky on the right and Kysucké Beskydy mountains on the left side, passing through the town of Turzovka until the town of Čadca, where it turns south, between Javorníky on the right and Kysucká vrchovina mountains on the left side, passing Horelica, Krásno nad Kysucou, Kysucké Nové Mesto until it flows into the Váh in Žilina. In the valley of Kysuca south of Čadca, a railway and an international road (currently E75, in the future D3) passes through it.